Archive for the 'General' Category

“Now tell me how you’re really feeling…”


Warning, this video is explicit (and hat tip to Farrah).
Mazzi and Sneakas are a self-professed political rap duo who I just stumbled across. I only had time to what two of their videos, but I dig the message: look at all the racist crap we deal each other, Jews and Arabs. Below is their video [...]


“Economic terrorism” my ass


Courtesy of Ori Nir of Peace Now, this from the mayor of the largest settlement, calling the campaign of the Palestinian Authority against buying products produced in Israel settlements “economic terrorism.” What a hoot. The chutzpah here is incredible, equating the non-purchase of goods produced on disputed land (certifiably stolen land, in most cases) with [...]


VIDEO: Jeremy Ben-Ami & Jeffrey Goldberg


I’m so proud of my J Street NYC team who conceived, produced and livestreamed this event — over 400 people attended. It was illuminating, it was jovial, it was tense, it raised our profile. Mazel tov to my gang. My livetweets are posted below (it’s reverse chronological order, sorry).

So proud of my @jstreetnyc team about [...]


Making Turkey the enemy? Idiocy!


I love how in casting about for someone else to blame, people like StandWithUs have centered their sights not on the people who founded and led the Free Gaza Movement, but the government of Turkey. Few are making the very wide distinction between Turkish political hot air and private parties hoping to ride the coattails [...]


A day on twitter when the Middle East explodes


kungfujew18

Am I the only person on the internet who isn’t blindly blaming one side or the other? #FreedomFlotilla #Flotillahttp://ow.ly/1Sil223 minutes ago via HootSuite
@Jinjirrie So you’re defining what is Zionism? Fine. I get to define Palestinian nationalism. I chose to include Islamic Jihad. Fair?24 minutes ago via HootSuite in reply to Jinjirrie
@yeahthatskosher And what evidence do you have [...]


This is non-violent resistance?


I have made my moral outrage at Israel’s Gaza siege absolutely clear here. But what died at sea on the “Freedom Flotilla” wasn’t just ten people at the hands of the IDF, but any sense of innocence on either side. This isn’t non-violent resistance.
My longer thoughts on why both sides — the Free Gaza Movement [...]


Further proof New York is not diaspora


Further proof New York is not diaspora, originally uploaded by Kung Fu Jew 18.

Bank Leumi branch on Fifth Ave and 47th Street, Manhattan.


Sec. Clinton’s remarks at AJC’s annual dinner


Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Remarks At the American Jewish Committee Annual Gala Dinner, courtesy of Danielle Borin of the Office of the Vice President.
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Grand Hyatt Hotel
Washington, DC
April 29, 2010
SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you all. Well, it is wonderful to be back here at the American Jewish Committee and I thank David [...]


“Greatness is never a given”


"Greatness is never a given", originally uploaded by Kung Fu Jew 18.

"In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned." — Obama’s innaugural address


Puget Sound


Puget Sound, originally uploaded by Kung Fu Jew 18.

Taking time on a pilgrimage home to think what it’s all about. Back in NYC on Tuesday.